Common Yellowthroat, Rockfish Valley Trail
A cool front moved through the area last weekend, dropping temperatures by 10 degrees. I thought perhaps the cooler weather would drive migrating birds our way, but the higher elevations have been shrouded with fog all morning and some of the afternoon for the past three days. Perhaps the migrating birds have settled in elsewhere that wasn't so foggy. I (and part of the trips with Walt Childs) have put on lots of auto miles in Nelson, Augusta, and Rockingham counties, and have seen only a handful of birds the past two days. Where are the birds?
Common Yellowthroat, Rockfish Valley Trail
Common Yellowthroat, Rockfish Valley Trail
Magnolia Warbler, Ridgeview Park, Waynesboro
Magnolia Warbler, Stoney Creek (Wintergreen)
Magnolia Warbler, Stoney Creek (Wintergreen)
Magnolia Warbler, Stoney Creek (Wintergreen)
American Redstart, Ridgeview Park, Waynesboro
American Redstart, Stoney Creek (Wintergreen)
American Redstart, Stoney Creek (Wintergreen)
Eastern Wood-Pewee, Rockfish Valley Trail
Eastern Wood-Pewee, Stoney Creek (Wintergreen)
Orange-striped Oakworm, Stoney Creek (Wintergreen)
Fawn, Stoney Creek (Wintergreen)
Killdeers, Leonard's Pond
Killdeers, Leonard's Pond
Solitary Sandpiper, Leonard's Pond
Indigo Bunting, Rockfish Valley Trail
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Rockfish Valley Trail
Cedar Waxwings, Rockfish Valley Trail
Bald Eagle, Switzer's Dam
Red-shouldered Hawk, Rockfish Valley Trail
Red-shouldered Hawk, Rockfish Valley Trail
Red-shouldered Hawk, Rockfish Valley Trail